01-MAY-2026 Current Affairs
(1.) The Online Gaming Rules, 2026, operationalised on May 1, 2026, were notified under which parent legislation?
(a.) Information Technology Act, 2000
(b.) Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025
(c.) Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023
(d.) Consumer Protection Act, 2019
(2.) India’s first green methanol plant, announced in May 2026, aims to utilize which invasive weed found abundantly in Kutch as feedstock?
(a.) Parthenium hysterophorus
(b.) Prosopis juliflora
(c.) Eichhornia crassipes
(d.) Lantana camara
(3.) Which country was recently cautioned by India in May 2026 to avoid sharing sensitive defence technology with Pakistan?
(a.) France
(b.) Italy
(c.) Germany
(d.) United Kingdom
(4.) What is the primary objective of establishing Exporter-on-Record (EOR) frameworks operationalised under the Foreign Trade Policy in May 2026?
(a.) Managing domestic agricultural subsidies
(b.) Facilitating inventory-based cross-border e-commerce exports exclusively
(c.) Controlling foreign direct investment in retail sectors
(d.) Regulating cryptocurrency transactions
(5.) Under recent judicial directives concerning medical termination of pregnancy for minor survivors issued in May 2026, who evaluates exceptional gestation limit waivers?
(a.) Local Police Authorities
(b.) State Medical Boards
(c.) National Human Rights Commission
(d.) District Magistrate directly